The Nutmeg’s Curse

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The Nutmeg’s Curse

Editorial: john_murray

ISBN: 978-15-2936-946-5

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529369465

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2022-10-13

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Nutmeg’s Curse

Editorial: john_murray

ISBN: 978-15-2936-947-2

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529369472

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2021-10-14

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Nutmeg’s Curse

Editorial: john_murray

ISBN: 978-15-2937-749-1

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529377491

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2021-10-14

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Nutmeg’s Curse

Editorial: india_allen_lane

ISBN: 978-06-7009-562-9

ISBN sin guiones: 9780670095629

Tipo de cubierta: Hardcover

Páginas: 350

Fecha de publicación: 2021-10-01

Idioma: inglés (India)

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The Nutmeg’s Curse

Amitav Ghosh

Primera publicación: 2021-10-01

Before the 18th century, every single nutmeg in the world originated around a group of small volcanic islands east of Java, known as the Banda Islands. As the nutmeg made its way across the known world, they became immensely valuable – in 16th century Europe, just a handful could buy a house. It was not long before European traders became conquerors, and the indigenous Bandanese communities – and the islands themselves – would pay a high price for access to this precious commodity. Yet the bloody fate of the Banda Islands forewarns of a threat to our present day. Amitav Ghosh argues that the nutmeg’s violent trajectory from its native islands is revealing of a wider colonial mindset which justifies the exploitation of human life and the natural environment, and which dominates geopolitics to this day. Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, and interweaving discussions on everything from climate change, the migrant crisis, and the animist spirituality of indigenous communities around the world, The Nutmeg’s Curse offers a sharp critique of Western society, and reveals the profoundly remarkable ways in which human history is shaped by non-human forces.